GOD WILL SEE YOU THROUGH TODAY!

As the new day dawns, I’m reminded of a hymn we usually sang in boarding school, “New every morning is the love.” The first stanza gave this important reminder:

“New every morning is the love our wakening and uprising prove; through sleep and darkness safely brought, restored to life and power and thought.”

That hymn, authored in 1822 by John Keble, an Englishman of outstanding intellect, was a great source of comfort to our young hearts, just like many of the other inspired hymns we used during devotion time and assemblies. We sung it so frequently we didn’t need to look in the hymnbook.

Why was this hymn so special? We are more or less helpless when we sleep. But God watches over us and brings us into a new day. (Even if you’re a prayer warrior and accustomed to holding prayer vigils, it is God who gave you that calling and the grace to discharge it.) God protects us from the dangers of the night.

The Bible says we shall not be afraid of “the terror by night” (Psalm 91:5). Why? Because the Lord is our refuge and our fortress (v.2). Our testimony is that of the psalmist:

“I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.” – Psalm 3:5

No human being can perfectly tell what the future holds. But the Lord who brought us through the night is with us to help us face the challenges of the day. Someone once sent me this inspiring quote by an unknown author in a card: “Lord, help me to remember that nothing is going to happen to me today that you and I can’t handle together.”

“The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.” – Psalm 18:2

Psalm 121:1-8 (KJV) 1. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. 2. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. 5. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. 8. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.”

The Lord shall keep us in all our ways. What more do we need to enter the day with confidence? The only thing He asks is that we make peace with Him through His Son Jesus so that the devil will not have the legal right to perform his evil work in our lives.

As the Lord Jesus declared, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10

I am blessed to live somewhere I rarely worry about sleeping safely, but the worrying about my health or life or finances can be hard to relinquish. God never sleeps and has already seen my future. Amen!

Yes, Jen, there's always something giving us concern of some sort, but like you said, God knows our future and He is always there for us. Abundant blessings on you, your family and ministry in Jesus' name.

I ask the Lord to protect me from the wiles of the evil one. I ask the same for each of my family members. The enemy sometimes speaks into our subconscious in our sleep, and we are not aware of how certain thoughts came into our minds. When we are awake, we need to take every thought captive, but it's impossible to do that while we are asleep without the Lord's help.

This is so comforting! I know that about God watching over me when I sleep but to visualize Him standing near me keeping me safe takes it to another level!
This line is my favorite, "No human being can perfectly tell what the future holds. But the Lord who brought us through the night is with us to help us face the challenges of the day."
I'm so thankful to have God with me!